faction

Meaning

Noun

• A group of people, especially within a political organization, which expresses a shared belief or opinion different from people who are not part of the group.
• Strife; discord.
• A form of literature, film etc., that treats real people or events as if they were fiction; a mix of fact and fiction

Origin

• Borrowed from Middle French faction, from Latin factiō ("a group of people acting together, a political faction"), noun of process from perfect passive participle factus, from faciō. fashion.